Msnbc: Do you think Lindsey Graham might be on the ticket with John McCain?

Russert: I think he’s on the list. South Carolina is a solid state, but McCain really likes his passion and his ability to be on the attack against the Democrats on these foreign policy issues. I think Biden is someone who’s very much on Obama’s list because of his wealth of foreign policy experience, his knowledge of the Iran and the Iraq. It’ll be interesting. They’re both coming into the studio. It could be an vice presidential audition. A Meet the Press audition, coming your way Sunday, on Meet the Press!

Meet the Press! But it was not to be Meet the Press for him. It was to be: Meet your Maker. Ah, Tim Russert. I'm going to miss that guy so much. I almost want Barack Obama to pick Joe Biden... and John McCain to pick Lindsey Graham... as a tribute to our great journalist Tim.

I think that snippet sums up Russert very well. He was the king of Beltway conventionalism, half-right about half the time.

In the particulars of this scenario, Biden does sound like a good pick for Obama. Probably, though, Althouse, you've never had to listen to him wax in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. If you had, you'd know never to pick him. He's in love with his own voice and fancies himself quite knowledgeable. It wouldn't be long until he steps in it spectacularly.

As for Graham: No. Way. He doesn't help carry a state (that won't be carried, anyway). He doesn't particularly help draw conservatives or centrists. He doesn't add economic heft.

I'd been away from the media all day so I was like, "Tim Russert's retiring?" That seemed so strange since I could just see his hedgehog nose and warm gimlet eyes peering into the camera with curiosity and eagerness for next week's confrontation. What a pity!!

Fox is talking to Gerry Seib, of the Wall Street Journal, who was one of the last people to see Mr. Russert. He’s saying that he and John Harwood, of CNBC and The New York Times, were being interviewed by Mr. Russert about their new book. Mr. Seib said he noticed that Mr. Russert seemed a little tired, but added that he and Mr. Harwood left the interview saying to each other that Mr. Russert’s was “one of the best” they had done.

So that'll be the great unreleased "Meet the Press" episode -- airing it would probably be ghoulish.

I actually don't have a really strong view of Michelle Obama one way or the other Trooper.

To be honest I am pretty indifferent. But I do think all of the recent crap from National Review and Weekly Standard and the rumor that she said a speech about whitey that no one can locate is not cool.

If it is then I guess we can rehash the fact the Cindy Mccain is a drug addict. Or is that off limits?

Now if you please, I have an outfit to pick out for Boston Pride tomorrow.

Brunch at 10:00Parade at 12:00Block Party 3-7Corporate Apartment for nappy-7-10Boat cruise in the Boston Harber-12-4DJ-Junior VasquezAttendance: 500,000

The third largest pride festival in the US for those of you interested. Behind NYC and San Francisco. Even larger than LA's and Chicago's.

The largest in North America is Toronto for those of you that are curious.

Oh Trooper thank you for bringing up Manny Ramirez-love him and would love to pull on his dreads.

Unfortunately, they are in Cincinnatti-or however you spell it.

Also, it is a good thing because the Fenway Victory Gardens (which is the largest cruisy area in the world) is right next to Fenway and tomorrow the Gardens will be on fire.

See how I tied cruising and Gardens into this posting nicely. Some of the gardens actually look like the picture Althouse has up. Unfortunately, the morning after a weekend night the place looks like Edward Scissorhands was there (with all of the mos tramping around).

Also, after you get blown and are hungry (which is usually the case) the Victory Gardens has a large selection of fresh produce that you can rip off right from someone's garden.

One late night, early morning I was swinging in someone's gardens love seat with my trick and we had fresh tomatoes and basil. It was very romantic for 5 minutes-at the most.

Also, this is a good way to save on the cost of groceries at the corner store.

Although, there is a lady, at the Fenway VICTORY Gardens who comes out every night and sits in her garden with a bullhorn and yells, "Stop Sucking Cock", "Put Your Cocks Away and Go Home". She also has a flashlight and runs around to inspect if the gays are having safe sex.

Oh, whatever. No wonder the Tituses and Troopers of the world get on their high horses and gallop away. They know they're going to win, and that most others other will concede, in on way or another (for example, I in mine, and Victoria in another).

And I deleted them not because of their point, but to make a different one, which I expect to be dismissed, but that's OK. (So it goes.) At least I bothered to try and make the points (in terms of what was in the deleted comments, and also in deleting them).